Seal and protector for knots.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908. M. DBSSAUER & S. BARUUH.

SEAL AND PROTECTOR FOR KNOTS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.12.1907.

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MORRIS DESSAUER AND SAMUEL BARUGH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEAL AND PROTECTOR FOR KNOTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 28, 1908.

Application filed December 12, 1907. Serial No. 406,153.

- United States, and residents of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new andImproyed Seal and Protector for Knots, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in devices adapted foruse in connection with packages, for protecting the knot of the cordwith which the package is tied, and effectively preventing said knotfrom being untied or tampered with, without giving due indicationthereof to the person receiving the package.

The device may be used in connection with any form of package, and isreadily applied to the knot, so that the knot cannotbe untied or thedevice cannot be removed, without either breaking or mutilating theprotector.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part ofthis specification, in which simi ar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a package provided with a knot protector constructedin accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section throughsaid protector; Fig. 3 is a plan view; and Fig. 4 is a detail section onthe line 44 of Fig. 3.

In the preferred form of our protector illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, we employ two sheet metal sections 10 and 11, adapted to berigidly secured together with one of said sectionsbetween the knot andthe body of the package, and the other of said sections adapted to coverthe knot from the outside. The section 10 is formed of a flat piece ofsheet metal, having four outwardly-extending arms 12, each provided witha perforation adjacent its outer end. The section 11 is also formed ofsheet metal, but is bent to form a central dome-shaped portion 13 andfour outwardly-extending arms 14, corresponding to the arms 12 of theother section. The ends of the arms are bent to lie in the same planeand to engage with .the corresponding arms of the other section, whilethe edge portions of the dome intermediate each pair of adjacent arms,is cut away to leave side openings 15, through which the cords mayextend.

In employing our improved protector, the cord is so wrapped about thepackage that portions of the cord cross each other at substantiallyright angles, and the knot is formed at the intersection. In Fig. 1, wehave illustrated a package 16, having a cord wrapped about the same andhaving one portion 17 intersecting a second portion 18 at substantiallya right angle, and a knot 19 by which the ends of the cord are securedtogether, disposed adjacent this intersection. The sheet metal section10 of the protector is slipped beneath the knot, and is so disposed thatthe four arms extend outwardly between the four engaging portions of theknot. The section 11 is then placed over the knot with the arms 14 inengagement with the arms 12, and with the portions of the cord extendingout through the side openings. The corresponding pairs of arms of thetwo sections are then rigidly secured together in such a manner thatthey cannot be separated without leaving a permanent indication that thedevice has been tampered with.

For fastening the arms, each arm, adjacent each outer end, is preferablyprovided with an opening therethrough, the openings of each arm 12coming into registry with the openings of the corresponding arm 14. Atubular metal fastener 20, having a flange 21 at one end thereof, isthen extended through each pair of registering openings, and by means ofa suitable tool, the upper end of the fastener is bent over to form aflange 22, engaging with the upper section of the arm 14. With the fourfasteners bent in place, the two sections of the protector cannotpossibly be separated without breaking the fasteners or breaking thesections, and if the fasteners are broken, new ones can not be insertedwithout this fact being evident to the person receiving the package.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. A seal and knot protector, comprising two sections, one adapted tolie beneath the knot and having a plurality of outwardlyextending armsand the other ada ted to lie above the knot and having a plura ity ofoutwardly-extending arms adapted to engage with the armsof thefirst-mentioned section, and separate means independent of said arms forsecuring the latter together in pairs.

2. A seal and knot protector, comprising a sheet metal section adaptedto lie beneath the knot and having outwardly-extending arms, a sheetmetal section adapted to lie above the knot and having a centraldomeshaped portion and a plurality 'of arms adapted to engage with thearms of the firstmentioned section, and a plurality of metal ,fastenerseach adapted to engage with an adjacent pair of arms to secure thelatter together and hold said sections rigid in respect to each other.

3. A seal and knot protector, comprising a sheet metal section adaptedto lie beneath the knot and having four outwardly-extending arms, asheet metal section adapted to lie above the knot and having a centraldomeshaped portion provided with openings in the sides thereof and aplurality of outwardlyextending arms adapted to engage with the arms ofthe first-mentioned section, the pairs of adjacent arms havingregistering openings thereth'rough, and a plurality of metal fastenerseach extending through'the registering openings ofa pair of arms andbent to rigidly secure the sections together.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS DESSAUER. SAMUEL BARUCH. Witnesses:

EVERARD B. MARsHALL, CLAIR W. FAIRBANK.

